| SEATOFLEARNING | A chair at Oxford - or Settle College? (4,2,8) |
| BENCH | A seat in a boat or parliament; a platform for plants in a greenhouse or for dogs at a show; a pew or settle; a table in a laboratory, studio or workshop; or, judges collectively (5) |
| OAK | One of the fagaceous arbors forming a quercetum; its leaves, worn as a garland; something made from its wood, such as a heavy outer door to a college at Oxford or Cambridge; or, the brown colour of sa |
| BACKSEATDRIVER | Gives unsolicited advice to support chair at club |
| ADLERIAN | Term for a member of a "hall" at Oxford or another English university, as distinguished from a collegian (8) |
| DON | Senior member of a college at Oxford or Cambridge (3) |
| DEANS | Heads of college faculties; fellows at Oxford or Cambridge universities in charge of junior members' discipline; or, chief Chapel Royal chaplains (5) |
| DONS | Members of a university's teaching staff, especially at Oxford or Cambridge (4) |
| TRINITYCOLLEGE | Part of Oxford or Cambridge universities |
| VARSITY | Disagree about how to take an exam at Oxford or Cambridge, say (7) |
| TRINITY | Essay I can turn in at Oxford or Cambridge (7) |
| UPPITY | Snobbish at Oxford or Cambridge? Cause for regret |
| BLOKES | Fellows at Oxford or Cambridge |
| PRESIDENT | A head of state may take the chair at a conservation body (9) |
| ROCKERY | A moving chair at end of runway giving one a garden feature (7) |
| REFEREE | A person expected to ensure fair play or settle a dispute (7) |
| MOVEIN | Intervene or settle at a new home (4,2) |
| PRESIDING | Taking the chair at a meeting (9) |
| PRESIDE | Take the chair at a meeting (7) |
| CLINCHER | Informal term for a fact or argument that finally proves something or settles a dispute (8) |
